nowt — see there’s nowt so queer as folk when in doubt, do nowt hear all, see all, say nowt, tak’ all, keep all, gie nowt, and if tha ever does owt for nowt do it for thysen … Proverbs new dictionary

nowt — [[t]na͟ʊt[/t]] PRON INDEF NEG Nowt is sometimes used to mean the same as nothing . [BRIT, DIALECT] I d got nowt to worry about... You could never do nowt right for him but he wasn t a bad chap. Syn: nothing … English dictionary

Nowt — This is Yorkshire for nothing. Similarly owt is Yorkshire for anything. Hence the expression you don t get owt for nowt . Roughly translated as you never get anything for nothing or there s no such thing as a free lunch … The American's guide to speaking British